Hal Stone (radio)

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Hal Stone (aka Harlan Stone), died February 21, 2007, was a radio actor best known for his performance as Jughead on the Archie Andrews radio series.

Radio

Stone was a three-year-old child model who began acting on Broadway at age eight and then was heard as an actor on numerous network radio programs for 15 years. Archie Andrews began on the NBC Blue Network May 31, 1943, switched to Mutual in 1944, and then continued on NBC from 1945 until September 05, 1953. Hal Stone, then known as Harlan Stone, portrayed Archie's pal, Jughead, and was known for the catchphrase, "Aw... relax, Archie, re-laxxx!" Jughead was also played by Cameron Andrews. Alice Yourman and Arthur Kohl, among others.

Television

After his radio career, Stone made appearances in early live television productions. Discharged from the Air Force after the Korean War, he obtained a degree in speech and drama from Hofstra University and studied television production at Columbia University. He spent 25 years as a television producer-director and also served as board chairman of Centrex Productions, Inc., a New York TV and videotape production company. He retired from television production in 1980.

Books

Stone's autobiography, Aw... Relax, Archie! Re-laxx! was published in 2003. An accomplished artist, Stone illustrated children's books written by his second wife, Dorothy Dobson-Stone.

Legacy

Four grizzly bears at the Bronx zoo were named Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica. In a curious...Read More